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    The surname Eckart

    A surname, carried by 1,873 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E263

    Eckart: #15,606 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eckart #15,606, 1,873 people Eckart: #15,606 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eckart #15,606, 1,873 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckart is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    From German Eckart.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,873 people named Eckart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,840 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,708.

    #15,606
    rank among US surnames
    1,873
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,704)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,600Canez1,874164,752
    #15,606Pines1,873164,840
    #15,611Giesler1,872164,928
    #15,615Stockstill1,871165,016

    Who is named Eckart

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Eckart identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eckarts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carl Eckart
      American physicist (1902-1973)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eckart

    Eckart has the Soundex code E263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E263.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eckart come from?
    From German Eckart.
    How common is the surname Eckart?
    1,873 people in the United States had the surname Eckart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,840 Americans. It ranked 15,606th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eckart?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eckart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Eckart?
    Carl Eckart, American physicist (1902-1973).
    Where is the surname Eckart most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eckart in the United States.
    Is the surname Eckart getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,873 in 2010, up 9.7%.